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Bucc5207 · 05-22-2008, 03:53 PM

Glad nobody was badly hurt.

Do you think the famous Glock partially unsupported chamber contributed to the severity of the damage?

**bruce21b** · 05-22-2008, 04:05 PM

shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..........

be very, very quiet.......

the kool-aid drinkers will hear about this over on GlockTalk.....

they will label it a conspiracy agianst God Gaston and his perfect pistol......

damn us all.....damn us all to HELL......

bahahahahaahahahah......

in all seriousness, glad no one was hurt!!!!!!!!!

motorcyclemac · 05-22-2008, 04:13 PM

I repaired a Glock that looked like that. My Fathers buddy got into hand loading and was less than concerned with proper loading techniques. He had loaded 500 rounds of .40 S&W that had quite a varied volume of powder. Seemed that he was charging cases with the little yellow scoop that comes with Lee dies. He blew up that Glock 23 really nice. I replaced the trigger, mag catch, trigger bar, and magazine. It ran just fine after that.

I pulled ALL his ammo apart and wieghed the charges to find that he had varied charges between 5 grains and 9.9 grains of Accurate #5 with a 180 grain Rainier plated bullet. Bad JuJu.

Cheers
Mac.

RobFMJ · 05-22-2008, 04:13 PM

Yeah, that does look like an out-of-battery failure... Glad there wasnt excessive injury.

Mercmar · 05-22-2008, 04:17 PM

Quote:

I had a round that was double-charged shot through my XD45 service, no problem resulted.

Pure, unadulterated horse dung! Anybody who reloads would recognize that as b.s.

The blown Glock in question probably wouldn't have fired, had it been 1/8" out of battery. .45ACP is a really low-pressure load, but any powder that only takes 5gr. for 230 gr. bullets is really easy to overcharge. Another possibility, considering that a fairly fast powder was being used with a heavy bullet, is that the bullet was set back when it impacted with the feedramp, causing the spike in pressure.

tallmanis67 · 05-22-2008, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Mercmar

Pure, unadulterated horse dung! Anybody who reloads would recognize that as b.s.

The blown Glock in question probably wouldn't have fired, had it been 1/8" out of battery. .45ACP is a really low-pressure load, but any powder that only takes 5gr. for 230 gr. bullets is really easy to overcharge. Another possibility, considering that a fairly fast powder was being used with a heavy bullet, is that the bullet was set back when it impacted with the feedramp, causing the spike in pressure.

At this point I am going to give most everything a reasonable chance at causing the problem. We keep playing with the gun trying to get it to fire out of battery with dummy rounds and we only come out with plausible causes for the kaboom. Anyone have pictures of other Kabooms?

MGD 45 · 05-22-2008, 04:47 PM

I load all my pistol round with Bullseye powder also, & with the .45, 200 grain & 230 grain bullets, I usually stick with 4.5 grains........so 5 grains seems very reasonable to me.

bigun · 05-22-2008, 05:43 PM

The base of the cartridge that blew could have been slightly oversized also holding the slide just slightly out of battery but leaving a small part of the case head unsupported. I did a double charge in a 1911, it blew the mag out, broke the grips and bulged the barrel. The pistol was running after the next gun show and as far as I know is still going strong today.

slugger6 · 05-22-2008, 05:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bucc5207

Do you think the famous Glock partially unsupported chamber contributed to the severity of the damage?

I was wondering the same thing.

GlockAholic · 05-22-2008, 08:44 PM

I must be the luckiest person alive, because the day I ran a double charged load (was unaware) through my Glock 21 it didn't kaboom. Took the gun out of my hands, but there was no damage at all.

05-22-2008, 03:53 PM	#31
Bucc5207 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: New Mexico Posts: 202	Glad nobody was badly hurt. Do you think the famous Glock partially unsupported chamber contributed to the severity of the damage? __________________ The polhode rolls without slipping on the herpolhode lying in the invariable plane. -- Herbert Goldstein

05-22-2008, 04:05 PM	#32
bruce21b XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 498	shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.......... be very, very quiet....... the kool-aid drinkers will hear about this over on GlockTalk..... they will label it a conspiracy agianst God Gaston and his perfect pistol...... damn us all.....damn us all to HELL...... bahahahahaahahahah...... in all seriousness, glad no one was hurt!!!!!!!!! __________________ Springfield XD-9 Service Sig Sauer P-229 Wilson Combat CQB (when gas prices come down to earth)

05-22-2008, 04:13 PM	#34
RobFMJ XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Galveston, Texas Posts: 1,884	Yeah, that does look like an out-of-battery failure... Glad there wasnt excessive injury. __________________ Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.

05-22-2008, 04:47 PM	#37
MGD 45 XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Perry Posts: 1,216	I load all my pistol round with Bullseye powder also, & with the .45, 200 grain & 230 grain bullets, I usually stick with 4.5 grains........so 5 grains seems very reasonable to me. __________________ " Don't sweat the small stuff...& it's all small stuff. "

05-22-2008, 05:43 PM	#38
bigun XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Southern Iowa Posts: 2,713	The base of the cartridge that blew could have been slightly oversized also holding the slide just slightly out of battery but leaving a small part of the case head unsupported. I did a double charge in a 1911, it blew the mag out, broke the grips and bulged the barrel. The pistol was running after the next gun show and as far as I know is still going strong today. __________________ Springfield Loaded Stainless,Kimber Pro CDP 2, Kimber Custom Target, Beretta 92D Centurions x2, 92FS, SIG 229 SAS, CZ75, and several other weapons that give Liberals nightmares.

05-22-2008, 04:13 PM	#33
motorcyclemac XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Bellingham, WA Posts: 121	I repaired a Glock that looked like that. My Fathers buddy got into hand loading and was less than concerned with proper loading techniques. He had loaded 500 rounds of .40 S&W that had quite a varied volume of powder. Seemed that he was charging cases with the little yellow scoop that comes with Lee dies. He blew up that Glock 23 really nice. I replaced the trigger, mag catch, trigger bar, and magazine. It ran just fine after that. I pulled ALL his ammo apart and wieghed the charges to find that he had varied charges between 5 grains and 9.9 grains of Accurate #5 with a 180 grain Rainier plated bullet. Bad JuJu. Cheers Mac.

05-22-2008, 08:44 PM	#40
GlockAholic XDTalk Newbie Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 3	I must be the luckiest person alive, because the day I ran a double charged load (was unaware) through my Glock 21 it didn't kaboom. Took the gun out of my hands, but there was no damage at all.

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